The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) has received reports from citizens in the state indicating they have been called by an individual claiming to be a DOT employee who threatened to take action against their driver’s license if they More...

Incumbent Washington City Councilman Kimberly Rainey has qualified for re-election to her seat representing District One. She formally announces her candidacy with the following statement. “Greetings Citizens of District One! More...

A young bride-to-be was talking to her friend about her fiancé. “He keeps telling everyone he’s going to marry the most beautiful girl in the world,” she said. “What a shame,” her friend replied. More...

Memorial services for David Wynne Randall, 82, of 118 Beaver Dam Road, were held on Monday, August 28, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Newtown Baptist Church in the Newtown Community with Rev. Terry Casper and Rev. Donnie Berry officiating. More...

Funeral services for Robert Travis Jackson, 75, of 901 Spring Street were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at First Baptist Church with Rev. Brian George officiating. Interment followed at the Sardis Baptist Church cemetery. More...

Funeral services for Sara McKee Combs, 73, of Winder were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, August 27, 2017, at Smyrna United Methodist Church with Rev. Richard Broome officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. More...

Tiger senior Terrell Turner returned a blocked Elbert County field goal and returned it nearly 75 yards (with a little blocking help from Gian Davis) to set up the W-W Tigers’ first touchdown i More...

Grieving and paying tribute to “a woman who was full of life and laughter,” all of Washington-Wilkes Middle School and much of Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School gathered for a memorial service honoring “our beloved Tabitha More...

On Thursday, August 31, Congressman Jody Hice will host “Coffee with Your Congressman” at the Taliaferro County Farm Bureau. Residents from Taliaferro County and the surrounding area are invited to stop by the event from 8-9 a.m. More...

A newcomer to Washington politics, Lance A. Pitts, has qualified for election to a seat representing District Two. He formally announces his candidacy with the following statement. “To the Citizens of the City of Washington: More...

Geila, Amanda, and Garvin Aycock, along with Charlie and Betsy Wagner and The News-Reporter were on the train from Venice to Rome. “We had spent three nights in Venice and were getting off the train in Orvieto to go to Geila’s villa. More...

Visitors admire hot rods, classics, antiques and even tractors and motorcycles at the twice-a-year cruise-in and even more will be featured at the Memory Lane Cruisers Fall Cruise-In Saturday, Septem More...

The unemployment rate in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) region rose to 5.9 percent in July. The rate is up two-tenths of a percentage point from 5.7 percent in June. In July 2016, the rate was 6.8 percent. More...

Liz Spooner of Rayle and Donna and Lee Reeves of Millen announce the engagement of their daughter, Madeline Lee Reeves of Washington, to Greg Callaway, son of Tonya and Brian Callaway, also of Washington. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of More...

Kaitlin Elizabeth Haughey and Nicholas Charles Carden of Naples, Florida, exchanged wedding vows in a beautiful double-ring ceremony on Saturday, August 5, at five o’clock in the afternoon at St. Luke’s Chapel in Charleston, S.C. More...